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Where does “pucios” come from?

pucios (Romanian) comes from Romanian puți, from Vulgar Latin putire, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

pucios (Romanian): stinking, smelly, having a foul odor or smell,...

Definitions

  1. stinking, smelly, having a foul odor or smell,...

Ancestry of “pucios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpuțito reek, stink of, have a foul smell
2Vulgar Latinputirepresent active infinitive of *putiō
3Latinpūteō—
4Proto-Italicpūtos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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